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J. EWIG.

GARMENT CLASP 0R FASTENBR.

Patented Dec. 27, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Orrlcia.

JOHN EWIG, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ASSIGNOR TO JESSE L.HEISKELL, OF SAME PLACE.

GARMENT CLASP OR FASTENER.

SFECIFICATIQN forming part: of Letters Patent No. 375,699, datedDecember 27, 1887.

Application filed June 8, 1827.

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, JOHN EWIG, a citizen of the United States, residingin IVashington, in the District of Columbia, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Garment- Fasteners; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description oftheinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a new and improved fastening for the meetingparts of garments, and is more especially intended for the fly 0fpantaloons, and has for its object to provide a fastening that may beeasily and. quickly applied to the garment, and when so applied themeeting parts of the garment may be readily and securely fastened one tothe other.

To this end my invention consists in the fasteninghereinafter fullydescribed, and more particularly pointed out. in the claims, due refcrence being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of thisspecification, wherein- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improvedfastening applied to the meeting parts ofa garment; Fig. 2, amodification thereof; Fig. 3, a perspective view of the hook portion A,shown in Fig. 1, removed from the garment; Fig. 4, a rear view of Fig.3; Fig. 5, a perspective view of a modification of the hook portionshown in Figs. 1, 3, and 4; Fig. 6, a perspective view of the staple orloop 0, shown in Fig. 1, removed from the garment; and Fig. 7, alongitudinal section through the fastening A, shown in Figs. 1, 3, and4.

Referring to the drawings, the letter A indicates the body portion ofone member of my fastening, consisting of a thin plate of sheet metalterminating at one end in a hook, B. At or near the hook end the plate Ais provided on each side with a lip or projection, 11 b, and each ofthese lips is provided with one or more perforations, b. At the oppositeend the plate A is perforated at a. To fasten the plate Aand its hook Bto the garment the plate is first applied to the inner side of thegarment at the desired point, and a rivet, eyelet, or other suitablefastening passed through the perforation a of the plate and Serial No.240,620.

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through the cloth, and then clinched or riveted down. Stitches are nextpassed through the perforations b and through the cloth after the mannerof attaching a button. I prefer to provide the plateA with two sets oflips, I) b, as seen in Figs. 1, 3, 4., and 7. In this pre ferredconstruction a blank like that shown in Fig. 5 is first made, and thenaU-shaped hook, B, consisting of thin sheet metal, and of the same widthand thickness as the plate A, is placed upon the rear side of the plateA, as seen in Fig. 7, and riveted or soldered thereto.

In applying this form of fastening to the garment the hook Bis caused tocatch over or embrace the edge of the garment, as shown in Fig. 1, andthe fastening is thcnsccured to the garment, as above described. To theother part of the garment is fastened the loop or staple G. This stapleis preferably formed of a flat bar or body portion, 0, provided at eachend with penetrating-prongs cl, (see Fig. 6,) said prongs being for aportion of their length cylindrical or tubular in cross-section, andfrom thence bifurcated, terminating each in two flat legs, e e. Thestaple O is applied to the outside of one member of the meeting parts ofa garment by forcing the prongs d d through the cloth at the desiredpoint until said prongs enter the cloth as far as the tubular orcylindrical portion thereof. The fiat legs 6 e are then bent over orclinched down upon the rear side of the cloth, thus firmly securing thestaple in place.

In order to fasten together the meeting edges of the garment it ismerely necessary to bring the parts together until the hook B passes between the body portion 0 of the staple and the cloth to which saidstaple is secured, when a slight pull will firmly secure the meetingedges of the garment together.

In Fig. 2 I have illustrated a modified manner of fastening the staple Gto the garment. Referring to this figure, the letter D indicates aV-shaped plate of thin sheet metal provided at its apex with aperforation, O", by means ofwhich it is stitched to the garment afterthe manner of sewing a button to a garment. G is the staple, consistingof a thin sheet-metal plate, 0, having projecting prongs at each end,which prongs are passed through slots 0', and

are then clinched or bent down on the other side of the cloth.

If preferred, the staple shown in Fig. 6 may be employed in connectionwith the plate D, 5 the slots 0 permitting the fiat legs e e to passthrough, but preventing the passage of the .tubular portions d 01, thusretaining the body portion 0 of the staple from lying flat against thecloth and facilitating the entrance of the IO hook B between the stapleand the cloth.

Having thus described myinvcntion, what I claim is 1. A garmentfasteningconsisting of the members A and G, the member A consisting 15 of a plateterminating atone end in a hook, B, and provided with perforated lips I)b, and the member 0 consisting of a plate, 0, having prongs at itsextremities adapted to be passed through the cloth and clinched down,substan- 2 3 tially as shown and described.

2. In a garment-fastening, the combination, with the plate A, providedwith the hook B and perforated lips b, of the staple O, consisting of aflat plate provided at each end with a tubular shank, d, terminating intwo flat legs, 25 e e, substantially as shown and described, and for thepurpose specified.

3. The plate A, provided with the hook B and perforated lips I) b, incombination with the V-shaped plate D, having the perforation 0 50 andslots 0 c, and the staple O, the prongs of which are placed through theslots 0 c and clinched down, substantially in the manner shown anddescribed. a

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in 5 presence of twowitnesses.

JOHN EWIG.

\Vitnesses:

NEILL DUMONT, AARON BRADsHAw.

